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Experts to speak on air quality during workshop
Clean Air Upstate will host an “Air Quality Awareness” virtual meeting Wednesday. Speakers will come from Johnson Controls, DHEC’s Bureau of Air Quality and the American Lung Association.
Reedy River Run returns with United Community Bank sponsorship
The 43rd Reedy River Run is back on the calendar for Sep. 6 with a new title sponsor.
Greenville life science company targets PPE for nonprofits
As South Carolina continues its rollout of vaccines across the state, the push for personal protective equipment looks quite different than it did a year ago.
Tax credit to offset vaccination leave for small businesses
As part of the American Rescue Plan, employers of less than 500 people who provide paid leave for employees to get vaccinated, and take up to 10 days off for after-effects, would be eligible for a tax credit up to $17,110.
Biopharmaceutical company establishes operations in Goose Creek
ADMA Biologies Inc. has opened a plasma collection center on Saint James Avenue as part of its three-year plan to establish 10 or more collection centers around the country.
Union donors bolster rural health care initaitives
A recent study named Union County the least generous county in the state. A few Union philanthropists are working to turn this rank around.
BlueCross BlueShield gifts $3.7M grant to minority medical students
Minority medical students will have a chance to cash into a $45,000 annual scholarship at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville for the next 10 years thanks to a recent grant from The BlueCross BlueShield.
Traxler named DHEC’s director of public health
Dr. Brannon Traxler has served as interim director of public health for the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control since September 2020. The Greenville native is board-certified in general surgery.
New $10.6M research initiative seeks genetic answers to disease
The National Institutes of Health has tasked Clemson University with unlocking genetic codes through a new $10.6 million grant to establish the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Human Genetics
Prisma Health terminates acquisition of Midlands health facilities
Citing a complex regulatory path, Prisma Health and LifePoint Health withdrew from a March 2020 agreement that would have added Providence Health and KershawHealth to Prisma's Midlands portfolio.
Trident Medical Center prepares to break ground on $30 million behavioral hospital
Trident Medical Center is investing $30.4 million in a new behavioral health hospital in North Charleston and plans to break ground in the fall.
Bon Secours tops out new emergency department
Bon Secours St. Francis celebrated a milestone Thursday in its emergency care construction project at St. Francis Downtown when a small group of hospital staff gathered for a topping-off ceremony.
